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NHC AL292020 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Eta (2020)

October 31, 2020 – November 14, 2020

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Hurricane Eta peaked at Category 4 with 150 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 240 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Eta in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Eta from October 31, 2020 to November 14, 2020; its peak was 150 mph (Category 4). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on November 9 at 63 mph (tropical storm), 4 miles from Islamorada, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 240 US cities, in 4 states, most in Florida (177) and Georgia (36). The strongest pass was 67 mph (tropical storm) 69 miles from Osprey, FL; the centre came closest to Yulee, FL, 2 miles away.

Peak strength
Category 4

150 mph

Cities within 75 mi
240
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
4
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Cities Eta passed near, strongest first

Florida (177)

and 117 more

South Carolina (26)

North Carolina (1)

Georgia (36)

Other storms of the 2020 season

  • ArthurTropical storm · 15 cities
  • BerthaTropical storm · 64 cities
  • CristobalTropical storm · 276 cities
  • FayTropical storm · 885 cities
  • DouglasCategory 4 · 43 cities
  • HannaCategory 1 · 44 cities
  • IsaiasCategory 1 · 2,213 cities
  • LauraCategory 4 · 327 cities
  • MarcoCategory 1 · 6 cities
  • SallyCategory 2 · 191 cities
  • BetaTropical storm · 49 cities
  • DeltaCategory 4 · 169 cities
  • ZetaCategory 3 · 1,509 cities

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About this record

The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.